Azumanga Daioh Volume 1

This is a pretty funny book, full of great characters. First is the super smart ten year old, Chiyo-Chan. Then there is Osaka a slightly weird girl from Osaka. Then there is Tomo-Chan, the very loud girl who wants to beat Chiyo at, well, anything, and Sakaki, the cool, well developed, girl who happens to like animals. There's also Yomi, the smart girl with glasses, and Kaorin, who has dreams about Chiyo's ponytails and seems to have a crush on Sakaki. Then there are the teachers, none of which are normal. With over 160 pages you get A LOT of stuff. There are two four-panel scenes on EACH page and, whether they are part of a story or a stand alone scene, they are funny without getting heavy or too emotional. They're cute. The cats seem to have issues, but most of the book is VERY cute.The book's cover says it's for 13 and up, which is true. At one point the girls are talking about their bodies, so it is really for young adults. The cover also says it is an "Action/Comedy" manga but as there is very little in the way of car chases and gun battles I would ignore the "Action" and just take it as a "Comedy".

When I first read this manga it was my first time reading the 4 format style where read straight down. I really enjoy this manga and all of its hilarious moments. This is one of my favorite manga ever I have probably read this manga so many times and have watch the anime about a dozen times. This manga shows a bunch a girls and their daily routine in life. I love each character and their own individual personality which keeps this manga always interesting. Great manga!

I love azumanga daioh. I decided to read the manga and of course it is as fun.

Book was basically brand new, got here super fast. Thanks!

It was just what my daughter wanted, and it came quickly.

Oh, Azumanga Daiou. Where to begin? How about the plot? Plot? I didn't notice. Azumanga is a story about absolutely nothing that manages to be about absolutely everything under the sun. Get it? How do I describe the humor? Can't. Too hard. Words probably can't describe this series. Maybe they can. So what have we learned? Azumanga Daiou is about nothing and everything and you can't describe the series with adjectives very well. And it's about seven girls and their three teachers. A story about nothing and everything, can't describe with adjectives, and about students and teachers. Particularly odd students and teachers. First up, Osaka: An odd transfer student from Osaka, real name Ayumu Kasuga, but got the nickname Osaka due to her origins. She's extremely odd, crazy, isn't the best student, and deserves an award for her delicate and elegant breaking of chopsticks. Then there's Sakaki: A beautiful high school girl who's body seems to have matured quite a bit faster then everybody else. She plays it cool and never lets her inner emotions show. Well, sometimes. So what are her inner emotions? She's extremely shy about her body, and has an extreme passion for cute things, especially cats. It's too bad every cat she meets (except one) bites her every time she tries to pet them. Then, there's Tomoko Takino: Tomo, Tomo, Tomo...Ugh, Tomo, Tomo, Tomo...the most psychotic and nutty person you can ever hope to meet, but I highly doubt you want to meet her. She has a habit of hitting Chiyo-chan, and competes with Chiyo at tests and with Sakaki at sports (of course, trying isn't winning). The only test she ever beat Chiyo at was a health test that she spent all night studying for, and of course, didn't study at all for the harder, more important test that day. Speaking of Chiyo...Chiyo Mihama: A child genius, started going to high school at age ten, and is still smarter than all of her classmates. She's rich, cute, and has pigtails that scare the hell out of Osaka. Then there's Koyomi Mizuhara: Possibly the sanest of the group, though she does worry a bit too much about her body (which looks fine to me). She and Tomo have been friends since they were kids, and there's nobody better to keep Tomo from going completely insane. There's also Kagura: Self-proclaimed rival to Sakaki, if anyone can beat Sakaki at sports, it's her (though she can't). At times almost equally as crazy and competitive as Tomo, Kagura finishes off the main band of girls with a sharp edge. And finishing off the students, the less-important, appears-every-now-and-then, Kaorin: Kaorin, the cute girl with a mad crush on Sakaki, easily gets jealous, which can cause her to be driven to the point of acting like a rabid dog. And, starting off the teachers, it's Yukari Tanazaki: The least liked teacher at the school, our girls homeroom and English teacher, she gets drunk on a daily basis, has been tardy more than her students, is lazier than a sloth, and she's cheap to boot. Then there's Minamo Kurosawa (Nyamo): The physical education teacher, Ms. Kurosawa seems like the perfect teacher; kids like her, teachers like her, and so on, but through personal visits we can see she might have a rather embarrassing past. Rounding off our cast, it's Mr. Kimura: The perverted classics teacher, he always tries to involve himself in things that are none of his business in order to see some of his pretty students in a way that could give him a bloody nose. So, clearly Azumanga Daiou is one of the funniest mangas you'll ever read, and there's no reason not to love every second of it. My only problem is that ADV has catagorized it as comedy/action. Action? No. I wouldn't consider Tomo punching people action. So anyway, this manga is for anyone with a sence of humor and whose taste is not for action or a deep plot, but rather for anything that's good, since I highly doubt you have a taste for sstuff like Azumanga Daiou, because there's nothing else like it. Also, some reviewer said it was like Love Hina...please, ignore that review. It's nothing like Love Hina. I mean, Azumanga Daiou's a comedy, and the two mangas have a completely different sence of humor! Personally i don't think you can compare Azumanga Daiou to any other series, manga or not. Just because a manga's funny doesn't make it an Azumanga (and I personally don't find Love Hina that funny).

I randomly picked this book off the shelf at my library, not really expecting much, but much I did get. I ordered the other three as quickly as possible, and am currently re-reading volume 1. Anyways....This series follows the life of 7 high school girls (well, 5. The other two don't really appear very much), each one having special (and some not so special) characteristics.First off, their's Chiyo-Chan, the child prodigy. She entered high school at the age of 10 and astounds the rest of the class with her knowlede. She's not any good at sports, however.Then their's Tomo-Chan, the psycho crazy girl who's best skill is annoying everyone with her pointless remarks and actions. It's only ever so often that we see her act somewhat normal (I don't even know if we see that in this volume).And then there's Osaka, the transfer student from...Osaka. (Her real name is Ayumu something...can't remember). She falls asleep in class alot, get's lousy grades, and is always forgetting books, but overall she's quiet, shy, and my favourite character.And Sakaki...what can be said about Sakaki? Well, she's the athlete of the bunch, who is admired for her big boobs (by tomo, at least). Although she's the most active of the group, she loves cats, (but wouldn't dare tell anyone), who don't seem to like her. She's one of the sanest of the group.Yomi is the most "normal" of the group. She has a sarcastic, dry sense of humour, and is always worrying about her weight.And then Kaorin, who we don't see too often. She has a major crush on Sakaki.And finally, Kagura, who doen't really show up until volume 2, but she's worth mentioning here. She's kind of like a mix between Sakaki and Tomo-Chan. She's athletic, but can also be somewhat psychotic at times.And now a word about the teachers.I don't know how Miss Yukari got her job. She's immature, a drunkard, is late more than her students, and is overall a bad teacher.Miss Kurosawa, the P.E. teacher, is more normal, however, and the students like her.And finaly, there's Mr. Kimura, who's mouth you only see closed once. He's a perv who admits the only reason why he's a teacher is because he likes the girls.Anyways, it's the best, not to mention funniest manga I've ever read before. If you're looking for a manga that has no plot whatsoever, and contains butt-loads of humour, then this is the one for you. Read it, you won't be dissapointed.

AzuManga Daioh is a very cute , fun , cheerful , charming and funny Comic series .It's format is 4 panel strips just like the funnies in your newspapers .It gave me plenty of laughs .... lots of light hearted fun and nice humour here .This series is somewhat a nice break from action/adventure and romantic comedy ... etc ..... and all the heaviness of plot developement and cool fight scenes alot of mangas have ...... just unwind with some light hearted mellow humour in this comic series !The comic is much better than the animated series too ... becuz alot of humour / jokes don't work so well on screen ..... it has to be read .....Also even in the comics .. alot of the jokes are lost in translation ... but later books in the series explain the jokes we miss / were changed even ... so yeah .... that's dedication to it's readers for you ...So yeah a good item for manga readers to pick up as a light hearted break from all the other manga deepness around ....

紙の質が日本のそれより粗めで、印刷もそれほどきれいというわけではないですが、話のねたとしてみれば結構イケます。中田→ペレ とか、細かなニュアンスや固有名詞の違いを、比較しながら楽しむ、というのが正しい(?)読み方でしょう。